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Brewer's: Damon and Pythias
Inseparable friends. They were two Syracusian youths. Damon, being condemned to death by Dionysius the tyrant, obtained leave to go home to arrange his affairs if Pythias became his…Brewer's: Dan
A title of honour, common with the old poets, as Dan Phoebus, Dan Cupid, Dan Neptune, Dan Chaucer, etc. (Spanish, don.) Dan Chaucer, well of English undefiled, On Fame's eternal beadroll…Brewer's: Death
according to Milton, is twin-keeper with Sin, of Hell-gate. The other shape (if shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might…Brewer's: Love
(God of). (Anglo-Saxon luf.) Camdeo, in Hindu mythology. Camadeva, in Persian mythology. Cupid, in Roman mythology. Eros, in Greek mythology. Freya, in Celtic mythology. Kama or Cama, in…Brewer's: Macbeth
(Shakespeare). The story is taken from Holinshed, who copied it from the History of Scotland, by Hector Boece or Boyce, in seventeen volumes (1527). The history, written in Latin, was…Brewer's: March
He may be a rogue, but he's no fool on the march. (French, sur la marche likewise.) March borrows three days from April. (See Borrowed Days.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Mardi Gras
The last day of the Lent carnival in France, when the prize ox is paraded through the principal streets of Paris, crowned with a fillet, and accompanied with mock priests and a band of tin…Brewer's: Nature
In a state of nature. Nude or naked. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894NaughtNatural A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…Brewer's: Nemesis
Retribution, or rather the righteous anger of God. A female Greek deity, whose mother was Night. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Nemo Me Impune…Brewer's: Nirvana
Annihilation, or rather the final deliverance of the soul from transmigration (in Buddhism). Sanskrit, nir, out; vâna, blow. (See Gautama.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Trending
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